Shape Memory Polymer Composites: 4D Printing, Smart Structures, and Applications. [PDF]
Research (Wash D C), 2023 Shape memory polymers (SMPs) and their composites (SMPCs) are smart materials that can be stably deformed and then return to their original shape under external stimulation, thus having a memory of their shape.
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Shape Memory Polymer Foam Based on Nanofibrillar Composites of Polylactide/Polyamide. [PDF]
MoleculesThis paper presents the novel development of a shape memory polymer foam based on polymer–polymer nanocomposites. Herein, polylactide (PLA)/biosourced polyamide (PA) foams are fabricated by in situ fibrillation of polymer blends and a subsequent ...
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Review of Thermoresponsive Electroactive and Magnetoactive Shape Memory Polymer Nanocomposites. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2022 Electroactive and magnetoactive shape memory polymer nanocomposites (SMCs) are multistimuli-responsive smart materials that are of great interest in many research and industrial fields.
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Shape-memory properties of magnetically active triple-shape nanocomposites based on a grafted polymer network with two crystallizable switching segments [PDF]
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2012 Thermo-sensitive shape-memory polymers (SMP), which are capable of memorizing two or more different shapes, have generated significant research and technological interest. A triple-shape effect (TSE) of SMP can be activated e.g.
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4D Printing of Multicomponent Shape-Memory Polymer Formulations
Applied Sciences, 2022 Four-dimensional (4D) printing technology, as a next-generation additive manufacturing method, enables printed objects to further change their shapes, functionalities, or properties upon exposure to external stimuli.
Muhammad Yasar Razzaq +5 more
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Constitutive model for epoxy shape memory polymer with regulable phase transition temperature
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2021 The epoxy shape memory polymer (SMP) with adjustable phase transition temperature is a kind of high-performance shape memory polymer, which can change its phase transition temperature and improve its mechanical properties through the process of photo ...
Fei Zhao +5 more
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A 3D Anisotropic Thermomechanical Model for Thermally Induced Woven-Fabric-Reinforced Shape Memory Polymer Composites. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2023 Soft robotic grippers offer great advantages over traditional rigid grippers with respect to grabbing objects with irregular or fragile shapes. Shape memory polymer composites are widely used as actuators and holding elements in soft robotic grippers ...
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Shape Memory and Shape Changing Polymers in Cell Mechanobiology [PDF]
Baspārish, 2022 The tissues in the human body comprise complex assemblages of several different types of cells that are dispersed on an extracellular matrix (ECM).
mehdi sheikhi, Fatemeh Rafiemanzelat
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Shape Memory Polymer Foam for Autonomous Climate-Adaptive Building Envelopes
Buildings, 2022 Reducing the continuously growing cooling energy demand of buildings is an important part of achieving global emission targets. Here, we present an innovative scenario of how the integration of a programmable material into a climate-adaptive building ...
Mario Walter +7 more
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Shape memory polymer with programmable recovery onset
Nature, 2023 A four-dimensional printable shape memory hydrogel with shape-shifting onset adjustable by changing the programming conditions is reported. Stimulus-responsive shape-shifting polymers^ 1 – 3 have shown unique promise in emerging applications, including ...
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